2012 Climate and Energy Press Releases

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While some politicians - ahem, Trump! - are trying to prop up the fossil fuel industry, there’s been a quiet revolution happening around the world.
People are ditching coal - the main global energy source since 2003 - like never...

This group of residents came together to bring solar to Shanghai’s rooftops
Another phase of China’s energy revolution is building. Quieter than the headline-grabbing super projects of the northwest, it is nonetheless just as...

For eight years, Luo Yufei has had a big dream: to establish solar projects in his hometown in Guangdong Province.
It was Luo Yufei’s university professor who sparked his interest and passion for solar. “He told us to...

How a failing family-run coal operation found new opportunities in the solar industry.
Another phase of China’s energy revolution is building. Quieter than the headline-grabbing super projects of the northwest, it is nonetheless...

With avenues of protest and online discussion strictly controlled, artists in China are finding increasingly creative ways to voice their frustration at their cities’ appalling air pollution.
It's easy to see why: at the end of...

460 million people in China are currently choking under a cloud of smog larger than North America. China needs to speed up its renewables revolution!
North China...has looked better.
Tis the season to be smoggy..

Good news as all signals point to the Paris Agreement coming into force by the end of the year, but a frustrating lack of progress on phasing out fossil fuel subsidies demonstrates that Paris is still only the starting point.
G20...

Zhang Lingling, founder of a recycling non-profit, has come up with a unique way of spreading awareness about China’s smog crisis.
We’ve seen smog wedding dresses , smog mask artwork and even jewelry . Now one woman from...

A disheartening finding on trends in China's air pollution
For at least a year now China’s air quality has been seeing-except for in a handful of western cities -continuous improvements. For the first time, I was able...

Sick of feeling helpless in the face of China’s toxic air pollution plague, Beijing based artist Wen Fang set out to tackle the problem in the only way she knew how: through her art. Two years later, her photography project ‘Maskbook’...